Arsenic content in ground and canal waters of Punjab, North-West India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 393-400

  Hundal, Hundal S ^a   Singh, Kuldip ^a   Singh, Dhanwinder ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Canal; Ground water; Hand pump; Tube well

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTENT; CANAL WATER; DEEP WATER; DOMESTIC SUPPLIES; DOMESTIC USE; DRINKING WATER; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HAND PUMP; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; MEAN VALUES; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; PRIMARY SOURCES; TUBE WELL; URBAN POPULATION; US ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TESTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BATHYMETRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; POTABLE WATER; PUMPS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WELLS;

WATER CONTENT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUID INTAKE; INDIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AMRITSAR; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650568851     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0406-3     Document Type: Article

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